impact higher education deprivesthose creating the policies of the perspectives and skills of engineers.For most of his career, the author of this paper would have fit the description of an engineeringfaculty member who was fairly aware of what was being done with regards to policies impactinghigher education, but would have had no role in the creation or implementation of the policiesand would have not even recognized what he could have done. But, through a series of events,the author found himself in a key faculty governance role at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) during the tenure changes in Wisconsin. Here, the author will describe hisrole and activities, as an example of how engineering faculty can get involved in
prison time and owing large fines for various chargesstemming from an emissions-cheating scandal [4], [5]. Actions do have consequences. It isbetter to learn this axiom early, rather than late, in an engineering career. Engineering studentsare reminded of this throughout the course.The engineering-ethics guidance provided to students in the course may be summarized in thefour practical points below. 1. Work hard and do a good job 2. Do the right thing a. Be able to sleep at night b. Be able to look yourself in the mirror 3. Make executives earn their salaries 4. Do NOT go to jail!The first point is fairly self-explanatory and
model, visualization, whole brain thinking.IntroductionIn the 2015 movie “The Martian,” the main movie character (Matt Damon), stranded on the planetMars, spoke about how problem solving enabled him to survive and get rescued [1]. In the movie,the actor stated, “you begin by solving one problem, then the next problem and if you solve enoughproblems you get to go home.” For movie-goers, The Martian movie helped to illustrate theimportance of problem solving. However, for most people in general, the importance of problemsolving goes beyond outer space. For people to be successful in their careers, relationships andlives, they must be effective problem solvers [2]. For students to achieve both personal and careersuccess, they need to develop their
, Competencies, and Trust Measured in Student SurveysAbstractAerospace engineering students at the Florida Institute of Technology are required to complete a3-semester capstone design project. In their junior year students propose topics, form teams, andwrite a proposal for their senior project, then as seniors they complete preliminary and detaileddesign, then fabricate and test their system. Their efforts culminate in a Student DesignShowcase, where industry participants judge the final projects. Many students identify thecapstone design project as the most significant event in their academic career. In this paper wedescribe changes made in the aerospace engineering capstone curriculum during the 2016-2017season and
core is easily scalable and designed for higherdimensional data.5 Table 2: Rating scale pre-survey questions analyzed. For each of these eight statements, the learners were asked “To what extent do you agree with the following statements?” and could select from a five-point ratingscale ranging from “Strongly Agree” to “Strongly Disagree.” The statements are shown here in the order asked. Pre-course survey statement (i.e., question) Code “I'm taking this because I want to learn about the subject” Personal Interest “I'm taking this course to do my current job better” Personal Interest “I'm taking this course to improve my career prospects
ourlecture halls, and preparing for their professional careers. This next generation of engineers haslived their entire lives as beneficiaries of the information technology revolution. They are skilledin instantaneously researching a topic on the internet and making global connections with a fewswipes of their fingers. These skills give digital native students awareness of themultidisciplinary facets (social, cultural, political, economic, and technical) of contemporaryengineering problems as well as prime their penchant for team integration [3], [4]. ABET, the higher education accrediting body that helps set an engineering student onto theroad towards professional licensure, also recognizes that multi-disciplinary teamwork is arequisite skill
[5]. The module producedstatistically significant gains in students’ understanding of the concepts presented; however, theirmodule did not include microfabrication [5]. A conference proceeding described student projectsbased on point-of-care diagnostic devices, which allows students to integrate foundationalknowledge and skills in a technology that will benefit society, particularly developing nations[6]; however, their microfluidic chips were manufactured with CO2 laser cutting, which is notyet as accessible as other rapid prototyping technologies. Lab-on-a-chip research has also beenused as a course-based project, showing gains in knowledge, confidence in abilities, interest, andlikelihood of pursuing a career in this area; however, after
job market. are analytical in perspectives andCourse 6 1) Case analysis of Two case ethical expectations about the sweatshops; 2) Student analyses and a reasoning. role of ethics in their choose and analyze a case final report. careers. related to corporate ethics; 3) A semester-long project on a Fortune 1000 company and LPU’s performance on corporate social responsibility and sustainability. 4) In-class ethics debate on an ethical dilemma.Course 7 Two 50-min lectures on
group. General (0/4) (3/4) Another set is (1/4) Success to me (2/4) Definitely communication social skills, would be getting the talking to larger knowing how to student to calm groups of people. interact with people. down, finding out what the problem is.Context 3: MIME and ENGR Recitation (four LAs)MIME 101, ENGR 111, and ENGR 199 are introductory engineering courses. MIME 101provides students with an overview of mechanical, industrial, manufacturing, and energy systemsengineering careers and
project manager, senior engineer and consultant. He has taught and developed undergraduate and graduate courses in power electronics, power systems, renewable energy, smart grids, control, electric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods, space and atmosphere physics, and ap- plied physics. His research interests included power system stability, control and protection, renewable energy system analysis, assessment and design, smart microgrids, power electronics and electric machines for non-conventional energy conversion, remote sensing, wave and turbulence, numerical modeling, elec- tromagnetic compatibility and engineering education. During his career Dr. Belu published ten book chapters
clinical settings and of real life problems I should be expecting as an engineer.” “I expect to gain insight on what the real world applications of the biomedical engineering field are and what might really interest me as career/internship/research pathways after I graduate.” “Taking this course, I will develop greater insight into what I will be doing in the field when I graduate. Through the clinical observations and discussions, my problem-solving and leadership skills will improve while my experience and knowledge in biomedical engineering will increase.” “When I research biomedical engineering, what I find generally gives a narrow look and broad explanation at what exactly I can do with my degree. Although I am very interested in what I find
globally. To be ready to enter the workforce upon graduation, today’s engineering studentsare expected to develop the skills and knowledge that are fundamental to engineering careers in theirundergraduate years. The Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) has determinedthat fundamental skills include social skills, such as how to communicate effectively or function inmultidisciplinary teams, as well as proven technical skills, such as an ability to apply knowledge of math,science, and engineering [6], [18]. These skills can be referred to collectively as 21st century skills as theyprepare an engineer for contemporary work [7].The acquisition of 21st century skills by undergraduate engineering students may be catalyzed byengaging
related to SDG 5: Gender EqualityStudents were required to attend the “Women in STEM” forum at the LACCEI conference inCosta Rica. Most of our female participants found the experience of talking about genderequality "empowering," while the male participants mentioned the need to to transformthemselves into "male champions," and increase awareness amongst their peers. Table 5showcases questions that arose as a result of conversations related to SDG 5, which speaksdirectly to gender.Table 5: Questions on “Gender Equality” (SDG 5) to Stimulate Online Blogging within theInternational Engineering ContextsQuestions ConferencePlease discuss your thoughts on the Career-Life Balance session
’, decision biases. Decision biases are systematicand predictable errors in judgment that can negatively impact engineering decision making.Decision biases are especially prevalent in complex and ill-structured problems involvinguncertainty and risk [4], the very types of problems and decisions that civil engineering studentswill face in their careers. For example, planning fallacy and optimism bias explain the highfrequency of cost overruns and benefit shortfalls [5]. Decisions tend to be biased toward known,traditional solutions (status quo bias) and focus on present costs and benefits (cognitive myopia)rather than life-cycle or long-term sustainability [6]. Status quo bias also appears in engineeringdecision-making processes through procedures
Table 4 in the Appendix. This classintentionally does not introduce the different engineering disciplines explicitly, but rather focuseson teaching skills that engineers use and encourages students to both document and reflect onthose skills. The engineering disciplines do, however, appear in the course through a series ofvideos which are called “Day in the Life” videos. In these videos students hear from industryprofessionals and upper division engineering students about how the weekly topic is currentlybeing applied within their projects and/or careers. Each unit consists of videos, readings,tutorials, discussion boards, and/or simulations which teach the students new concepts, and guidetheir practice in applying the skills being taught. Each
returned to the University of Dayton to pursue an academic career. His research interests are in fluid flow and heat transfer.Dr. Michael J. Elsass, University of Dayton Michael Elsass is the Director of the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Dayton. He received his B.Ch.E in chemical engineering from the University of Dayton and his M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from The Ohio State University. He then served two years as a post-doctoral researcher at both The Ohio State University and UCLA. His research interests are process systems engi- neering, process diagnosis, and simulation and modeling. He has instructed the Unit Operations Labora- tory for four years. c
the academic experience, although the student did think it willmake material more related across courses. Perhaps the most interesting comment was from asenior student, taking the course out of the typical sequence, who indicated that while doing thismake versus buy assignment he/she had a “full circle moment” by realizing the impact of all theskills and knowledge gained in all the courses that can be used when starting a career. Thispreliminary feedback suggests that the stated project goals were shared by student impressions.Future improvements to the case study in IE302 include the ability to present the assignment abit earlier in the semester and provide even more opportunity for students to explore the inputdata needed to answer the make
throughout theireducational career [13]. Similar results were confirmed for fifth graders in a separate study [14],and for learning-disabled students in [15] Another study, [16], showed that first graders learnedand retained at a significantly higher rate when imagery was used, and further, the studentsshowed higher level of creativity with usage of imagery [17], a result that can be exploited inhigher-education problem-solving. A more recent study [18] reports the effect of using visualthinking software to improve writing skills of students with mild disabilities, and another one[19] provides a practical best practice example on how visual thinking is used to enhance studentbackground knowledge.Although, these studies were performed at the level of
to use Inventor™ 3D CAD computer program to create engineering designs and teach them how to 3D print the designs using advanced 3D printers. 2) Teach students thermal and mechanical engineering 3) Introduce the students to applications of advanced manufacturing (AM) to enhance their interest in pursuing college degrees that would prepare them for careers in AM. 4) Improve students’ communication skills.The process that we developed was mostly oriented toward the middle school students and it wasformed from three steps: - Teaching the heat transfer phenomena, - Teaching energy, and the conservation of energy, - Learning the use of heat transfer software. 3Dr. A.C
in the engineering profession, providing students with positiveexperiences in engineering design within the academic setting may serve as a catalyst for futurecourse selection and career pathways [18-20].IV. MethodWe now detail the steps we took to develop and implement the ADE instructional frameworkand the associated data collection that occurred concurrently with these steps. First, we detail thesteps we took to develop the framework and the four associated EDTs during the 2016-2017academic year. We then detail the steps we took during the first phase of classroomimplementation during the 2017-2018 academic year.IV.a. Development of the Instructional FrameworkIn the Fall of 2016, the research team used the ADE instructional framework to
leader’s vision is disingenuous, people sense it. The EIcompetency that matters most to visionary leadership, however, is empathy. The ability to sensewhat others feel, and understand their perspectives, helps a leader articulate a truly inspirationalvision.Coaching. The coaching style is really the art of the one-on-one. Coaches help people identifytheir unique strengths and weaknesses, tying those to their personal and career aspirations.Effective coaching exemplifies the EI competency of developing others, letting a leader act as acounselor. It works hand in hand with two other competencies: emotional awareness and empathy.Affiliative. The affiliative style of leadership represents the collaborative competency in action. Anaffiliative leader is
failure to meetstakeholder expectations among others. [13] It also noted that a lack of education in leadershipto support the current prevalent career path of "starting from primarily technical work throughproject management and into management and leadership." [13] There was an intensecompetition for desired leadership positions that was shared in common with other engineeringdisciplines, as well as from non-engineers. The best example of this is in project managementwhich requires better educated civil engineers. In the case of the latter, more and more non-engineers are managing "civil engineers with the principal reason being that the non-engineerspossess stronger leadership, communication and business skills" and leadership positions
they havestrong concepts developed and are sure of the directions or specializations they will choose intheir future careers. Students’ concerns suggested that working in a remote laboratory in theearly years of an engineering degree could deprive them of learning some basic but essentiallaboratory skills.Hence this study highlights some important issues relating to remote laboratoryimplementation in the first-year of engineering degree. Students’ experiences and responseshave identified the need to consider whether remote laboratories can provide the opportunityfor students to acquire all of the essential laboratory skills. Further consideration is needed ifremote laboratories are to be blended into regular engineering studies so that
system. Heating elements were more commonly omitted, perhaps dueto students’ unfamiliarity with resistive heating devices, a concept generally introduced to themin a Junior-level class. There were also students, particularly in the group post-learningfunctional modeling, that gave more direct, black box responses in place of components asdiscussed in Figure 11. Word descriptions of a function can be found both in pre- and post-groups, but post- responses generally use more formal functional wording.Another study using these instruments could compare student responses to experienced engineersworking in industry or research, to gauge the effect career experience could have on mentalmodels of simple systems. Both the hair dryer and car radiator
his engineering education research interests focus on experiential learning at both the university and K-12 levels. Dr. Carroll serves as a voting member on ACI Committee S802 - Teaching Methods and Educational Materials and is Chair of the Career Guidance Committee for the ASCE - St. Louis Section. He has eight years of formal experience with K-12 engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 The Influence of Grading Bias on Reinforced Concrete Exam Scores at Three Different UniversitiesIntroduction Grading student exams fairly and effectively remains a challenge for many professors.Maintaining consistency among students on the
contributed to your confidence that was learned 4 during this project? Was there anything that altered or confirmed your idea of what an engineer 5 does resultant to your work on this project? Do you feel this project was a worthwhile experience to help you on a career 6 trajectory as an engineer? What is your view of undergraduate research in the undergraduate engineering 7 education process? What were the most valuable things that you learned from the principal 12 investigator? What were the most valuable things that you learned from the graduate student 15 [mentor]?
Education, 2018 Innovation in the Risk Management course to improve undergraduate university students’ skills for multidisciplinary and participatory workAbstractThe ability to work in multidisciplinary teams and communicate solutions efficiently is oneof the main requirements asked for by employers and international accreditation committeesto engineering graduates around the world. However, traditionally the curricular contents ofeach professional career related to the construction sector, emphasizes the application of itsspecific knowledge in an isolated manner.This is a reality in Peru as well. Engineering students are neither trained to work in teams norin multidisciplinary projects. This hinders
education to help students develop deep understanding. This work hasmostly been at the K-12 level; but argumentation is even more important for undergraduates in en-gineering and computing (and other STEM fields). Not only will argumentation help engineeringstudents master concepts, it will also better prepare them for their professional careers where theycan expect to engage in vigorous arguments about trade-offs in various approaches to addressingproblems in their design/implementation projects.Prior research has shown that some key requirements must be met to ensure that argumentationis most productive: The argumentation must be in small groups of 4–5 students each; each groupmust include students with different approaches to the topic; and the
- nological University, Singapore, respectively. In 2006, she resigned from her faculty job and came to Connecticut for family reunion. Throughout her academic career in Australia and Singapore, she had developed a very strong interest in learning psychology and educational measurement. She then opted for a second Ph.D. in educational psychology, specialized in measurement, evaluation and assessment at University of Connecticut. She earned her second Ph.D. in 2010. Li has a unique cross-disciplinary ed- ucational and research background in mechatronics engineering, specialized in control and robotics, and educational psychology, specialized in statistical analysis and program evaluation. c
that are associated. The ideal career for her would be as a building inspector. This way she can both teach and help enforce proper safety.Ms. Sheena Nastasia Marston, Dynotec Inc Sheena Marston field engineer at Dynotec Inc, in Columbus, OH and is working towards gaining work experience to gain her P.E. license. Her background includes studies which resulted in attaining a MSc degree in Civil Engineering, B.A degree in Architecture from the University of Technology, Jamaica and a B.Sc in Construction management from Ohio Northern University.Dr. Lisa E. Burris, Ohio State University Lisa Burris is an assistant professor of Civil Engineering at the Ohio State University. Dr. Burris’ exper- tise lies in the areas